Post Trial
Personal letters of Robinson's that became public after the trial undercut some of his claims and showed him to be capable of vicious and (for the time) deviant sexual behavior. The public turned on him, including some who had been his vocal supporters, as his guilt became clear. Robinson eventually moved to Texas where he became a respected frontier citizen.
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